Arabic Varieties
How many main categories / varieties of Arabic are there?
Two
What are the five main language skills?
Reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar
Arabic is the official language of ----------- countries
22
Arabic is written from ---------- to ---------
Right to left
ما هي عاصمة المغرب؟
الرباط
True or False:
Dialects of Arabic are NOT written languages
True-Dialects are spoken Arabic
True or False: The term Arabic refers to people, culture and ethnicity
False
The Arabic countries are located in the two continents
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Africa and Asia
How many letters are in the Arabic alphabets?
28
ما هي عاصمة جزر القمر؟
موروني
What contexts / situations is Modern Standard Arabic used in?
Education, Literature, Media, government
The Arabic language is named after the Arabs who lived in the ------------------- --------------.
Arabian Peninsula
Name two Arabic countries in Asia
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True or False: Arabic is a gendered language (masculine or feminine)
True
ما هي عاصمة الأردن؟
عمَان
Maghribi (North African), Egyptian, Shaami (Levantine), Khaliji ( Gulfi), Iraqi
What is a language family?
A group of languages that have similar structures and histories
Name two Arabic countries in Africa
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Each letter in the Arabic alphabet has --------------- forms (shapes)
4
ما هي عاصمة الكويت؟
الكويت
How do we say Modern Standard Arabic?
Al-FusHa الفصحى
Arabic is a member of the -------- language family.
Semitic
What is Arab League in Arabic?
جامعة الدول العربية
How many vowels does Arabic have? (Short and long)
six
ما هي عاصمة موريتانيا؟
نواكشوط